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'''Televisions''' are electronics objects that appeared in most [[The Sims (series)|Sims games]]. Televisions are used primarily as a means to increase a Sim's [[fun]] motive; however, starting with ''[[The Sims 2]]'', Sims can watch it to improve certains skill (each from corresponding channel). Sims will generally sit down (if there are any seats) to watch TV, which replenishes their [[comfort]]. Several Sims can watch television together and improve their relationship while gaining [[social]].
==The Sims==
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===Television Sets===
{{Main|Television/The Sims}}
===Channels===
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===Television Sets===
{{Main|Television/The Sims 2}}
===Channels===
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*'''The Yummy Channel:''' Cooking channel mainly for [[Elders]]. Watching this channel builds enthusiasm for the [[Cuisine]] hobby. Sims gain [[cooking]] skill from watching. The logo for the Yummy Channel is an outline of a globe, topped by a chef's hat. The programs are:
**A cooking challenge which resembles [[wikipedia:Iron Chef|Iron Chef]], the show stops after the contender's kitchen catches on fire.
**What ''appears ''to be
**A barbecue cooking show with an [[Elder|old man]] who apparently has an outside kitchen. He grills and burns hot dogs, whereafter he takes a nap at a recliner near the kitchen until the evening.
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==The Sims 3==
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===Television Sets===
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===Channels===
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'''Basic Plus''' (Channel Troller 27" Deluxe TV / Mastodon Television by Standard Issue)
*Terror TV: Shows a [[vampire]] movie and a stalker film (with a twist ending). [[Coward]], [[Over-Emotional]] or [[Neurotic]] Sims will become [[List of moodlets|scared]] for several hours if they watch this channel.
*Cookin' Cable: Shows a parody of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Chef Iron Chef] and a cooking show with a chef who's manner of speaking resembles the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_Chef Swedish Chef]. This show uses music from ''[[The Sims: Unleashed]]''. The chef could be a The Sims 2 version of [[Chet R. Chase]]. Watching this channel will increase a sim's [[Cooking]] skill, but only if the sim watching has already gained at least one level in Cooking prior to this. Sims can also learn new recipes by watching this channel.
*Got Garden: Shows a movie of a woman making flower bouquets and, later on, being eaten by a [[cowplant]], it increases the [[Gardening]] skill.
'''Premium''' (ÜberVison Panoramic from Landgraab Industries)
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==The Sims 4==
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|game = The Sims 4
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===Television Sets===
{{Main|Television/The Sims 4}}
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===Channels===
Televisions in ''The Sims 4'' have 9 pre-made channels, which have footage created using ''The Sims 3'', similar to how ''The Sims 3'' itself used ''The Sims 2'' for footage. This isn't the case with the weather forecast channel and the unique '''New Year's Eve''' channel from ''[[The Sims 4: Seasons|Seasons]]'', as well as the Dream Home Decorator Network channel from ''[[Dream Home Decorator]]'', which
'''[[The Sims 4|Base Game]]'''
*'''Cooking Channel''': Watching it raises the [[Cooking]] skill, and Foodie Sims will gain [[Inspired]] +1 from watching it for long enough.
**'''Top Chef''': A parody on [[:wikipedia:Iron Chef|Iron Chef]], a Japanese cooking show. Similar to it, the 2 chefs fighting are of the Asian ethnicity and cook to compete for the winning place.
**'''Cooking Show''': A cooking show where an [[elder]] woman shows the recipe for cooking chicken, and then cooks it. A possible reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Childhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Childhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Childhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Child Julia Child].
*'''Action''': Watching it raises Fun.
**A parody on the [[wikipedia:Indiana Jones (franchise)|Indiana Jones]] movies, which tells the story of an adventurer that ventures in a pyramid, then has to escape multiple traps. Afterwards, he is saved from a close call by a female, but then a mummy comes out and they both scream in fear. The movie ends on that note.
**'''Drav Lord''': A movie about a martial arts master that wants to acquire a treasure, and then sneaks into the palace with it at night. She is then caught by the guard, and they fight for it. While the fight is going on, another fighter runs off with the treasure.
**'''Wolf Guy: The Living:''' A movie showing some Sims turn into wolves.
**'''The Fighterman:''' A movie that starts off showing a fire department rabbit hole, then a firetruck goes to a house on fire, with the firefighters rescuing a toddler/child in the burning house.
*'''Comedy: '''It raises Fun quicker than most channels, and raises the Comedy skill. Watching it for long enough grants a [[Playful (emotion)|Playful]] +1 Moodlet.
**'''Corah''': A stand-up comedian tries to tell jokes, but most of them fall flat. He then leaves the scene.
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*'''Fireplace Channel:''' As the name implies, it simply shows a fireplace. Only unlocked after the TV Upgrade. Its only use is to help to solve [[Tense]] moodlets and provide [[Fun]], albeit at a slower rate.
*'''Music TV: '''Unlocked after the TV [[Upgrade]], this channel mainly shows music clips. It provides Fun and Sims with the Music Lover trait can get [[Inspired]] from watching it.
'''[[Get to Work]]'''
*'''!#*%&$@%''': Unlocked as an [[alien]], or with an upgraded [[satellite dish]]. It portrays aliens being attacked by Sims, a family sitcom, a flying superhero stunt that ends with one of the aliens crashing, and a lobster cooking show.
'''[[The Sims 4: Kids Room Stuff|Kids Room Stuff]]'''
*'''BEtween:''' Features a cartoon based on ''[[MySims|MySims Agents]]'' as well as other shows for more mature kids. [[Child]]ren watching the channel gain a +1 Happy moodlet.
'''[[City Living]]'''
* '''Civic Public Access:''' Can grant the "Public Access Weirdness" moodlet, which gives +1 Playful.
* '''PolitiSim:''' Broadcasts political debates and campaigns.
* '''World Culture Network:''' Features documentaries about [[Champs Les Sims]], [[Al Simhara]] and [[Shang Simla]].
'''[[The Sims 4: Vintage Glamour Stuff|Vintage Glamour Stuff]]'''
* '''TV Classics:''' Shows old black and white TV shows and soap operas.
'''[[The Sims 4: Seasons|Seasons]]'''
*'''Weather Forecast:''' One of
*'''New Year's Eve:''' One of
'''[[Dream Home Decorator]]'''
*'''Dream Home Decorator Network:''' One of three channels so far that uses footage of ''The Sims 4''. It plays two home renovation shows, and can be used to make [[Architecture|interior decorators]] feel [[confident]] before work. Sims who do not work in that career will instead feel [[inspired]]. It also teaches Sims the [[handiness]] skill.
===Movies===
''[[The Sims 4: Movie Hangout Stuff|Movie Hangout Stuff]]'' introduces ten movies that can be watched on any television set. Like most other channels, they use footage from ''The Sims 3''.
*'''College Cram:''' A raunchy school comedy.
*'''Diamonds are for Sims:''' A heist thriller, which mainly shows a robber trying to steal a diamond, then gets caught and arrested.
*'''Lost Dog's Journey Home:''' A "lost pet" movie a la ''Homeward Bound''.
*'''Moonlight Massacre III:''' Based on the Teen Horror genre (e.g. ''Scream'').
*'''Roaring Vice:''' Based on the Film Noir genre.
*'''Simder:''' A supernatural romance, starring a woman trying to find Sims on her phone.
*'''Sims of the Dead:''' A zombie flick a la ''Night of the Living Dead''.
*'''SuperKids: Cortex Catastrophe:''' A kid-friendly action thriller a la ''Spy Kids''.
*'''The Adventures of Spaceship Simulation:''' A
*'''The Khlumzee Sisters:''' A black-and-white slapstick comedy based on films from the Silver Screen days.
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|name = Scrounged TV
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|game = The Urbz: Sims in
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §500
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It can be bought at Gasoline Row.
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===Boob Tube===
{{Infobox object
|name = Boob Tube
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|game = The Urbz: Sims in
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §700
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It can be bought in Kicktail Park.
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===Excesutive Plasma TV Plasma TV===
{{Infobox object
|name = Excesutive Plasma TV Plasma TV
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|game = The Urbz: Sims in
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §4,000
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It can be bought on Cozmo Street.
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===Wall-mounted TV===
{{Infobox object
|name = Wall-mounted TV
|image =
|game = The Urbz: Sims in
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §5,000
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It can be bought at Diamond Heights.
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==The Sims 2 & The Sims 2 Pets for Console==
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|name = Pure TV
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|game = The Sims 2 (
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §500
|type = Electronics
}}<blockquote class="note">High definition? Try the V-hold. Plasma screen? Be glad you got glass screen. No cable, no video "in," none of that hype and clutter...just good old pure "TV" the way it was meant to be.</blockquote>
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===Cheapovision Television Set===
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|name = Cheapovision Television Set
|image =
|game = The Sims 2: Pets (
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §500
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'''Price:''' §500<br />'''Fun:''' 3<br />'''Room:''' 2
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===Trottco MultiVid Television===
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|name = Trottco MultiVid Television
|image =
|game = ''[[The Sims 2 (
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §2,250
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'''Price:''' §2,250<br />'''Fun:''' 4<br />'''Room:''' 2
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===Blade Vision VERY High HD TV===
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|name = Blade Vision VERY High HD TV
|image =
|game = ''[[The Sims 2 (
|buy = Buy mode
|price = §3,500
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'''Price:''' §3,500<br />'''Fun:''' 5<br />'''Room:''' 2
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==Trivia==
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* On the ''Channel Trowler 27Deluxe TV ''and the'' Trottco 27" MultuVid IV Television, ''the word'' "Maxis" ''can be seen on the DVD box
*In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', the TVs use video clips from ''[[The Sims 2]]'' for their channels (except for the exercise channel which uses ''The Sims 3'', Halls of History, ''The Sims 2'' and elements from ''SimCity Societies'').
**Similarly, the TVs in [[The Sims 4]] uses clips from [[The Sims 3]] for their channels.
*In ''The Sims 2'', if the [[time]] is sped up and a television is on, the television won't speed up, but go at normal speed instead. However, in ''The Sims 3'', if the time is sped up and a television is on, the television will speed up.
*In ''The Sims 3'', all channels lack commercials.
*The music for the Super Shopping Network channel is the same as the Geeky house theme in MySims.
*In ''The Sims 2'', users could place their own video clips in a special directory (much like custom Music) and these would play instead of the default clips. Clips had to be in AVI format to work.
*In ''The Sims 2,'' the ''KidzTube'' program featuring Social Bunnies show a [[Placeholder box|Placeholder Box]] in the background of many of its clips.
*In ''The Sims 3'', Sims as young as toddlers can watch TV.
*Many programs on the television in ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims 3'' show [[Easter eggs]]{{clarify}}
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* Movie - Same as News.
* Movie Marathon - Same as Show and Documentary.
[[Category:Skill objects]]
[[Category:Objects that kill Sims]]
[[Category:Objects that appear in all games]]
[[Category:Living room objects]]
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